Colts sign former Chargers defensive end Chris McCain

Former Chargers defensive end Chris McCain has signed with the Colts Tuesday, according to ESPN’s Eric D. Williams.

Los Angeles initially had tendered him to a right of first refusal restricted free agent contract on March 14. The team withdrew their qualifying offer to McCain making him an unrestricted free agent.

The 6-foot-5 and 236-pound McCain initially joined the Bolts as a member of the practice squad in 2016. McCain had a breakout season for L.A. in 2017, emerging as a strong complement to DE Joey Bosa and outside linebacker Melvin Ingram. He set career-highs across the board with 20 tackles, 5.0 sacks and one forced fumble.

McCain was one of the team’s most impactful edge rushers with his great numbers despite seeing just 240 snaps in 2017 (compared to Bosa’s 850 snaps), per Pro Football Focus. Despite that being the case, he actually graded out as a much better run defender (70.4) than a pass rusher (48.0), per PFF.